Saint Peregrine of Sicily

Saint Peregrin Saint Pérégrin Apostle and patron saint of the Caltabellotta region in Sicily. e is famous in S icily Sicile Italian island where the saint exercised his ministry. for having turned into stone the bread of a wicked woman who had offended God in his person. Apostle and patron of the region where Caltabellotta is locate d today, he wa Caltabelloetta Commune in Sicily of which he is the patron saint. s once the object of a very great cult there. Twice a year, the solemnities dedicated to his memory brought the people together at the foot of the altars, on January 30 and August 18: on the first of these days, there was a suspension of all kinds of work. Tradition alone, in the time of the first Bollandists, had preserved the memory of Saint Peregrine: it had him come from Greece a nd se Grèce Location of the foundation of the monastery of Almire in Maine. nt to Sicily by the Pope to p reac Pape The authority in Rome to whom Daguin is sent for absolution. h the Gospel there, at a time when the faith was being reborn, which must probably be understood as the expulsion of the Saracens by Roger of Normandy Roger de Normandie Count of Sicily who expelled the Saracens. (1050-1098).